A truck driver has escaped serious injury in a fire that closed part of the main highway between Sydney and Newcastle for hours.
The Pacific Motorway was closed northbound at Warnervale on the Central Coast for much of Monday night after a truck caught fire about 8pm.
As of 7am AEST, two of three northbound lanes were opened but motorists were warned of extensive delays.
Footage from passerby shows flames towering high above the B-double as firefighters battle to bring them under control on the M1.
Police said the driver was understood to have got out largely unharmed.
